Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

November 20, 2007 – We — that’s you and me — just had a Veterans Day. You might have missed it? Did you notice that we had fewer parades and TV and radio shows talked a little less about the … Continue reading →

KBR, Inc., the global engineering and construction giant, won more than $16 billion in U.S. government contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2004 to 2006—far more than any other company, according to a new analysis by the Center … Continue reading →

November 20, 2007 – The Bush administration’s nominee to be the next secretary of veterans’ affairs will appear before a Senate committee Dec. 5 to answer questions about what he will bring to the job if confirmed. This could be … Continue reading →

November 21, 2007 – London, United Kingdom (Reuters) – The conflict in Afghanistan has reached “crisis proportions,” with the resurgent Taliban present in more than half the country and closing in on Kabul, a report said on Wednesday. If NATO, … Continue reading →

[Note: Veterans for Common Sense opposes James Peake nomination to be the next VA Secretary.  To learn more, read our letter to Senators and a recent news article questioning Peake’s qualifications]  November 20, 2007 – The Bush administration’s nominee to … Continue reading →

Soldier decries AWOL arrest at hospital Lexington, Kentucky, November 20, 2007 — A soldier facing his second tour of duty in Iraq said in a jailhouse interview he was at a hospital seeking mental help when he was arrested in … Continue reading →

November 16, 2007 – Soldiers strained by six years at war are deserting their posts at the highest rate since 1980, with the number of Army deserters this year showing an 80 percent increase since the United States invaded Iraq … Continue reading →

November 16, 2007 House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Announces Hearing on Mental Health for Veterans Washington, D.C. – Chairman Bob Filner (D-CA) announced that the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will hold a hearing to examine current mental health care available … Continue reading →

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks at the cases of three badly wounded veterans and their struggles to get disability benefits from the VA.  In the documentary, VA’s Acting Secretary Gordon Mansfield says 224,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans already filed … Continue reading →

March 9, 2007 – The scandal at Walter Reed is not an isolated incident. It is directly related to our foreign policy of interventionism. There is a pressing need to reassess our now widely accepted role as the world’s lone … Continue reading →